Tzitzimitl (redirect from Tzitzimimeh)
A Tzitzimītl (plural Tzitzimīmeh) is a type of celestial deity associated with stars in Aztec mythology. They were depicted as skeletal female figures...
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was a striking skeletal warrior and death goddess and the queen of the Tzitzimimeh. She ruled over the paradise world of Tamōhuānchān, the paradise of victims...
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ghastly to behold. Tzitzimītl (sg. / Tzitzimīmeh, pl.), female deities. As such related to fertility, Tzitzimimeh were associated with the Cihuateteo and...
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Itzpapalotl, warrior and death goddess, obsidian butterfly, leader of the Tzitzimimeh Toci, goddess of health Star deities Centzon-mimixcoa, 400 gods of the...
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rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war, and strife Tzitzimimeh, skeletal goddesses of the stars Yohaulticetl, the lunar goddess known...
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world will be destroyed by earthquakes (or one large earthquake) and the Tzitzimimeh will annihilate all its inhabitants. The version of the myth with Nanahuatzin...
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also invoked by diviners and mystics. They were associated with the Tzitzimimeh, a group of frightening beings that personified death, drought, and war...
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The night without fire was associated with the fear that star demons, tzitzimimeh, might descend and devour the earth – ending the fifth period of the...
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death and destruction. The Aztecs anticipated an unending night when the Tzitzimīmeh, skeletal female star deities, would descend to consume all humans. In...
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